"Sk\u00F8rping is a town and a former municipality (Danish, kommune) in Rebild municipality in Region Nordjylland in the geographic region of the Jutland peninsula known as Himmerland in northern Denmark. The modern town has a population of 2,872 as of 1 January 2014; the former Sk\u00F8rping municipality covered an area of 238 km\u00B2, and had a total population of 9,835 in 2005.On January 1, 2007, Sk\u00F8rping municipality ceased to exist as a result of the 2007 Kommunalreformen (\"Municipality Reform\")."@en . . .